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already taken

ADJECTIVE
busy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active unavailable working
STRONG
buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped
WEAK
assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idle
STRONG
inactive unoccupied
WEAK
lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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Excavations had already taken place on the site but when work restarted at the exact spot indicated by the villager, they found the statue of the Hindu god.

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“The historical death of a new and free revolution,” he would later reflect, “had already taken place.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Bishop Amat has already taken a big leap in the second season for coach Kory Minor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The film follows the whirlwind, two-month career of The Wonders, a group so replacement-level that we first meet them arguing over “The” band names that are already taken.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

She has already taken my hand and is leading me away with her.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

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